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gladiators

gladiators is the plural of gladiator.

gladiators is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gladiator.

Meaning of gladiator

Noun

gladiator (plural gladiators)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
    • My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.2002, Dirk Wittenborn, Fierce People
  2. (broadly) A disputant in a public controversy or debate.
  3. A professional boxer.
  4. Synonym of heelwalker (“Any of the order Mantophasmatodea of carnivorous, wingless insects that superficially resemble a cross between praying mantises and phasmids.”).
    Synonyms:
    heelwalker

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Questions about gladiators

What is gladiators the plural of?
Gladiators is the plural of gladiator.

Words near gladiators in the dictionary

  1. gladiatorially
  2. gladiatorian
  3. gladiatoring
  4. gladiatorism
  5. gladiatorlike
  6. gladiators
  7. gladiatorship
  8. gladiatorships
  9. gladiatory
  10. gladiatour
  11. gladiatours

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